Egypt has achieved significant progress in controlling population growth and improving demographic indicators by the end of 2025, Minister of Health Khaled Abdel Ghaffar announced in a press statement on Tuesday.
The minister described the results as the first outcome of the initial phase of the 2025–2027 Emergency Population and Development Plan.
The plan was implemented in partnership with the National Population Council and reflects what the minister described as a more targeted and development-oriented approach to population policy.
Abdel Ghaffar said the 8th edition of Egypt’s composite population indicators showed a marked improvement in demographic conditions nationwide. Areas classified as “red zones,” or those most in need of intervention, declined to 20 by the end of 2025, down from 43 in the previous edition and 74 in the 6th edition.
Deputy Health Minister Abla El Alfi, who also oversees the National Population Council, said the number of governorates free of red zones rose to 13 by the end of 2025, compared with only three in the 6th edition of the report.
She added that the number of higher-performing areas also increased. Yellow zones rose to 223 from 194, while green zones increased to 39 from 14.
According to data from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), the number of births fell below two million for the first time in years. The data showed one birth every 15.9 seconds in 2025.
Health Ministry spokesperson Hossam Abdel Ghaffar attributed the progress to coordinated policies aimed at expanding family planning and reproductive health services and raising public awareness.
He said future efforts will focus on targeted interventions, particularly in Upper Egypt, while maintaining progress in line with Egypt’s long-term development goals.
